Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

118 reviews

dianaschmidty's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Death, Gore, Blood, Colonisation, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Child abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, War, Death of parent, and Drug use

karcitis's review against another edition

Just not in the mood, lots of gore.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Body horror, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Self harm, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Death

Minor: Drug use, Addiction, War, Transphobia, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Xenophobia

readabookortwo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Still hurts me so god damn much but still incredible 

The childhood friends to lovers to enemies to reluctant acquaintances to friends to lovers to enemies just wow 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, and Violence

julswk's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

The relationship between Juliette and Roma does not have much buildup in the book, rather it relies completely on what happened 4 years prior which we only get slight snippets of, but not enough to make me care for the characters.

We are told they're in love but not really shown.

Because of that their relationship falls quite flat.

Juliette's character also relies heavily on the implication that she is ruthless and has a reputation, but I wish the author let her be more violent and unhinged throughout the book. Especially during her fights.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death, Torture, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Deadnaming, Blood, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Police brutality, Stalking, Vomit, and War

axahean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Alcohol, Blood, Alcoholism, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Violence

Minor: Animal death and Terminal illness

hematthews's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Alcohol, and Drug use

jinx_mars's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

It would be a great read for someone who has time for it! it was just really slow-paced for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Blood, Hate crime, Body horror, Xenophobia, Violence, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

ecarpenter06's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

These violent delights have violent ends.

Roma and Juliette: the heirs of rival gangs with a vendetta against each other, forced to work together to save Shanghai. The recipe for a perfect novel. 

 This is one of the best YA books I’ve ever read. It was thrilling, riveting, and had me fully invested in the characters. The world building was fantastic and believable, the descriptions made the entire city come to life as I read. 

The ending made my heart ache, I’m relying on the sequel to give them at least a moment of actual happiness. They deserve it, they deserve each other. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Alcohol, and Murder

ppixxie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This take on Romeo and Juliet is so fun and refreshing! I really loved all the characters, the setting, and the mystery in the book. The romance and tension between Roma and Juliette was fun to read too. Definitely gonna read the second book when I can 😌

I loved the body horror + gore in this book but definitely check people's cw beforehand if you need it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Alcohol, Murder, Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Sexism, Racism, Police brutality, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Colonisation, Terminal illness, Torture, Addiction, Death of parent, Classism, and Transphobia

Minor: Homophobia and Drug use

praaliine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

i actually don’t think i’ll continue with the duology because i don’t really care for it. first of all, i HATE the method of how the madness spreads, absolutely revolting, it made me itch. also this was hardly fantasy (let’s call it historical fiction instead) and fell a bit flat for a romeo and juliette retelling. there was also a lot of info dumping of things we already know from previously in the book, and it felt like a short plot was stretched out over 300+ pages. also points off for being hard to find in paperback (i don’t like hardcovers). other than all of that, it was alright i guess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol